The Kentucky Fairness Alliance is proud to support a nearby screening of the award-winning documentary "FREEHELD."

Tuesday, October 14
6:30 p.m. (CST)
Mason Hall Auditorium
Murray State University (MSU)
Free Admission

This Academy Award winning film by Cynthia Wade looks at fairness, and lack thereof, in the culture wars. It chronicles the dying wishes of policewoman Lt. Laurel Hester, who wants to leave her pension benefits to her life partner, Stacie, so Stacie can afford to keep their house. Laurel is told she cannot do that as she and Stacie are not husband and wife. After spending a lifetime fighting for justice for other people, Laurel, a veteran New Jersey detective, launches a final battle for justice.

“‘Freeheld’ is simply an amazing documentary, a true piece of unscripted reality, with all its blemishes and beauty intact,” according to Edge Boston, who presents gay news and entertainment to Bostonians. “It is a documentary that pays fitting tribute to a true hero, a woman who refused to compromise and who ultimately helped to secure for all of us a little bit more of the equality we all richly deserve.”

The MSU Student Alliance, the MSU Women’s Center, and MSU’s Institutional LGBT Liaison Jody Cofer are sponsoring the film’s showing.

A panel discussion will follow the “Freeheld” showing.  The panelists are Dr. Bill Allbritten, director of MSU’s Counseling and Testing Center, Dr. Ann Beck, associate professor in MSU’s Department of Government, Law and International Affairs, Ms. Llena Chavis, lecturer in the Department of Social Work, Criminal Justice, and Gerontology, Dr. Reika Ebert, associate professor in MSU’s Department of Modern Languages, and Ms. Teresa Ray, senior journalism major at MSU. 

See you at the movies!

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